College News, 1945-02-21, Vol. 31, No. 16

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VOL. XLI, NO. 16         ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY 21, 1945
Copyright, Trustee, of
Bryr. M�wr Col'�i�. 1944
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Undergrad, League
Self-Gov't Propose
Changes in Voting
Minor Alterations Will Permit
Mm.' Students to Qualify
*, For Offices
The Self-Government and Under-
graduate Associations, and the
Bryn Mawr League, will hold hall
meetings on Tuesday, February 7,
to consider amendments to those
parts of their several constitutions
which deal with various phases of
the election machinery,
/the three boards have found
these amendments to be advisable
after consideration of the .results
of past elections. Representatives
of the boards will present the
amendments to the students during
the hall meetings at which the
voting will also take place.
The changes in the Self-Govern-
ment and Undergraduate constitu-
tions arise chiefly from the desire
to increase the number of students
actually working in those asso-
ciations, and so to, increase the
number in some measure prepared
for highe�f0lMtV
The cnjCsKon being"raised by the
Self-fJovefjment Association is:
"Whether to amend the'constitu-
tion o� the Self Government As-
sociation to include the statement
that at the end of every six weeks
a new Freshman member shall be
elected."
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'Tart Art' Presented
With Capable Acting
And Unusual Dancing
By Rosina Bateson '47
Freshmen can take a bow for the
performance of their show, Tart
Art. Throughout, the show main-
tained a high standard of produc-
tion, particularly evident in the
singing, and dancing sequences,
reminiscent of the style of Lady in
the Dark. A consicrerable amount
of almost professional individual
talent and an unusual sense of
unity and cooperation, combined
with the musical qualities to make
a  remarkably excellent show.
Perhaps the reason for its suc-
cess lay in the careful attention to
detail. The scenery was unusual-
ly effective, showing true Fresh-
man ingenuity. A splashing foun-
tain and ultra-modern canvasses
transformed Goodhart stage into
another Museum  of Modern Art.
Patricia Hochschild, who man-
aged the dancing, deserves credit
for some of the best scenes in the
show. The interpretation of the
arrival of the'Freshmen at college
was an amusing and revealing sa-
tire, if a trifle long. Although out-
siders naturally found it hard to
interpret, the dancing as a whole
was not only appropriate but also
played a vital role in the success
of the show.
The interpretive dance in the
second act, while obviously sug-
gestive of the ballet in Oklahoma
with its representation of the main
characters dancing in a dream, was
highly effective. Particularly ex-
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Juniors Nominate Self-Gov't Candidates
Brendlinger, Barton, Oulahan, Leyendecker
LOVINA  BRENDLINGER
Junior Class Chooses Undergrad Nominees;
Behrens, Brendlinger, R. Brooks, Rutland
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MARY BARTON
McBride Explains
Role of Individual
In Limiting Travel
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Students Asked to Spend
Vacations in College
If Possible
PATRICIA   BEHRENS
Duty of Offices Includes
Coordinating Student
Activities  ^
The Junior class has nominated
Pat Behrens, Lovina Brendlinger,
Robin Brooks, and Joy Rutland as
candidates for the presidency of
the Undergraduate Association.
The president of the Undergrad-
uate Association is the co-ordin-
ator of all undergraduate extra-
curricular activities. This includes
the following-up of the activities
of the clubs, responsibility for the
work of the Sub-Freshmen, the
Entertainment, the Vocational, the
Employment, the Record -Library,
New Book Room, and Curricular
Committees, and the planning of
social affairs.
The president is the represen-
tative of the undergraduates in
their relation with the faculty, the
administration,   hall,   visitors   and
President is Responsible
For Discipline, Conduct
Of Students
Goodhart, February 21. Because
of the ODT request that spring
vacations in schools and colleges
.be cancelled as far as possible,
Miss McBride, at a College Assem-
bly, requested that all students re-
examine their week-end and vaca-
tion travel plans. It is the duty of
each student to consider whether
any travelling which she may wish
to undertake is in any way essen-
tial or necessary.
Although the College feels that
from the standpoint of health some
vacation is necessary, Miss Mc-
Bride recommends that as many
students as possible should remain
here, while admitting that those
who feel a great need for going
should be permitted to do so. "In
general, the greater the distance
by train the more important it is
that plans be changed," she said.
It has been considered inadvis-
able, said Miss McBride, to elim-
inate the vacation altogether and
move up the calendar 10 days,
since many seniors plan under or-
JOY  RUTLAND
of the College Council on which
are also representatives of -Self-
Government, the League, the Ath-
letic Association, the College
News, all classes, graduates, alum-
nae and faculty.
speakers on campus.
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The Junior Class ""has nominat-
ed Lovina Brendlinger, Mary Bar-
ton, Susan Oulahan, and Ruth Ley-
endecker as candidates for the
presidency of the Self-Government
Association.                  �   "
The president of this association
is responsible for the discipline
and conduct of the student body.
In serious infractions of the rules
she is expected to deal personally
with the miscreants, while in the
lesser cases the problem can be
settled through the Executive
Board and the hall presidents in
the weekly meetings at which the
president of Self-Government pre-
sides. '
Lovina Brendlinger
Lovie was the Merion Hall rep-
resentative for the Freshman
Class, and was also a member of
the Radio Club in her Freshman
year. As a Sophomore she was the
advertising manager of the Radio
Club, and was on the Undergradu-
ate Board and the News Subscrip-
tion Board. Now, as the Junior
Class President, she is the sec-
ond Junior member of the Self-
Government Board, and is also on
the News Subscription Board.
Mary Barton
Mary is the first Junior member
of the Self-'Gbvernment Associa-
tion. She has been a permission
giver since the middle of her Soph-
omore year. She is hall represen-
tative for chapel services. She
was on the hockey squad her
Freshman Year and belongs to the
Science Club.
Susan Oulahan
Susan was the Sophomore repre-
sentative  to   the  Self-Government
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RUTH   LEYENDECKER
Calhoun Emphasizes
Free] Nature of Man
Music Room, February 19. Inter-
preting the Christian theological
doctrine that Man is both a natuial
being, subject to the laws of na-
ture, and a free being, Dr. Robert
Calhoun declared in his second lec-
ture on Basic Christian Doctrines
that Man's very uneasiness is
proof of  his  freedom.
Standard of  Right
The consciousness that he is not
what he ought to be, and,that he
is capable of judging the world on
the basis of certain standards
apart from the desire for the sat-
isfaction of physical needs are
further manifestations of his free-
dom. To understand Man, one
must look beyond him, said Dr.
Calhoun, for he is doubly oriented,
toward his environment which he
has the power to mold, and�toward
a standard of right. He shapes
society in terms of this standard,
working for long range objectives.
Defines Man
Enlarging upon the doctrine that
Man is created in the image of
God, Dr. Calhoun described Man
as dependent, finite, restricted, and
not self-creating, because he, un-
like other natural beings is able to
respond to stimuli other than those
of physical and mechanical com-
pulsion�he is capable of respond-
ing to God, the being in whom are
founded the values of truth, justice
and mercy. Man is however cap-
able of complete response which
constitutes a grave danger, he
pointed out. He is capable of de-
struction and so his freedom gives
Man both perilous responsibility
and  limitless promise.
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dinary circumstances to remain in
college and use the vacation as a
reading period. This year enough
halls will be kept open so that
those students who are willing to
remain here can, and the college
will bear the extra expense of such
action. � Students are expected to
compensate for this*.freedom of
choice in reduced week-end�travel.
G. W. Beadle Explains
Chemistry of Genes
Dalton, February 20. "Plants
and animals that are hereditarily
unable to carry on certain neces-
sary life functions, and that would
otherwise die . unless artificially
sustained, art! contributing valu-
able data to the study of genetics,"
stated Mr. G. W. Beadle, professor
of biology at Stanford University
in a lecture on Genes and the
Chemistry of the Organism at a
Sigma  Xi  meeting.
Mr. Beadle explained that these
congenital biochemical defects are
often controlled by genes, and
when they are, the subtraction of
a given gene will produce a pre-
dictable change, which will also be
evidenced in the organism's descen-
dents according to a statistically
predictable pattern.
Experiments -with the red bread
mold, Neurospora, said Mr. Beadle,
substantiated the 4rypothesis that
genes owe their properties to
unique chemical configurations,
probably involving proteins, and
that they act through a model-and-
copy mechanism in imposing these
characteristic configurations on
enzymes  and other proteins.
"Since genes and enzymes are
themselves made up of component
parts, each of which is synthesized
under gene control," explained Mr.
Beadle, "there must, therefore,
exist a completely integrated hier-
archy of primary, secondary, and
higher order gene controls."
At'the end of the lecture, Mr.
Beadle illustrated by means of
slides the effect which the lack of
certain chemicals produces on var-
ious organisms.